Ashes of Deceit

Tension hung heavy in the Ashbourne family.

The fire had been extinguished, but the tribute hall was left in ruins.

The ancestral tablets lay scattered haphazardly across the floor, some snapped clean in half, the names of the past now faded beyond recognition.

The ancestral portraits hanging on the walls were also reduced to ashes.

Upon hearing that the tribute hall had been burned down, Reginald